Panasonic 3.0 User Manual

EchoMap v3.0 

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7.4  Metar Reports 

Metar weather data is collected by the Echo Flight Weather Server 

from individual airports as they report.  While NexRAD shows 

precipitation over a large area, Metar displays many types of data 

supplied from the requested airports in a given range.  
Metar reports can be requested and displayed textually for 

individual airports or graphically for groups of airports.  Graphical 

Metar reports efficiently show a picture of the conditions within 

hundreds of miles with minimum heads down time.  

Graphical Metar reports contain three pages of information: 

Ceiling/Visibility, Wind Speed/Direction and Temperature/Dewpoint 

Spread. The current Metar page is displayed by the WX status 

indicator. You can cycle through these pages of Metar data by 

pressing Enter from the moving map. 

To request a graphical Metar report for all the airports in 

your area, press the WX key and select 

 in the 

menu.  Select 

and press Enter to send 

the request.  When the report is received, the graphical icons will 

automatically be displayed at their associated airports.  When 

Metar icons are displayed, the airport identifiers may change 

colors, and runways may not be displayed. 

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In Demo mode the Area Metar process is simulated.

 

Select 

 in the menu and use the Left and Right keys to set 

the diameter of the Metar request area anywhere from 10 to 200 

nautical miles (Nm) in 10 Nm increments. The time required to 

transmit will increase with a larger range. 
The graphical reports can be viewed on the map, or interpreted as 

text on an Airport’s Metar Info Page.